Hi I'm Tom! Currently living and working in Antwerp, Belgium.
I run a little graphic design firm here (which you are more than welcome to check out! www.gatefold.be) but my one true love is photography. I love going on photo tours for hours and explore new parts of (un)known cities and sceneries. I combined my love for photography and my addiction to music by shooting pictures at concerts as wel.

I love to read, listen to my records, hang out with friends, or blow off some steam and head out to to a cool party. If I had to sum up my way of life in 2 words those would be LIFE ON.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love traveling, but I'm not your standard tourist. Most the of the time I try to avoid all these hotspots where it's filled with tourists that all take the exact same picture of the exact same view.

When I travel I like to meet up with local people and find out where they are heading out. I'd rather enjoy a new place somewhere a little more hidden. When I go somewhere new, I like to experience that place as a local. That's why I'm on Couchsurfing : meeting new people, find cool new places, and even make a couple of new friends around the world!

Obviously I would like to do the same for everyone who comes over to Antwerp!

Interests

I'm always eager to learn and have new experiences.
I concider myself to be a very open minded person, so when some people aks 'why?' I ask 'Why not?'

• culture
• architecture
• graphic design
• photography
• concerts
• festivals
• traveling
• music
• typography
• analog photography

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
I'm a big music freak, I have a huge vinyl collection and I think I'm one of those people who need to find new bands artists on almost a daily bases.

Small selection of what I'm listening too atm:
Beach House, Motorama, badbadnotgood, Kaytranada, Jessy Lanza, The Acid, Rihanna, Anderson Paak, Joy Orbison, Blood Orange, Frank Ocean, Beach Fossils, DIIV, Ducktails, Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Rival Consoles, Gold Panda, Caribou, Bones, Future, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Italo Disko, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Foals, J Dilla, Notorious BIG, Mos Def, A tribe called quest, Q-tip, Bonobo, Cocteau Twins, Circa Waves, David Bowie, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, King Krule, ....

MOVIES:
I love all kinds of movies, but I do believe my favourites are of the following directors; Wes Andersson, Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick,

Some Titles:
Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, Casino, Goodfellas, Scarface, The wolf of Wallstreet, The Beach, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Game, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jackie Brown, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Scanner Darkly, Interstellar, Star Wars (the old ones), Moonrise Kingdom, ....

TV:
Twin Peaks, Westworld, The Americans, House of Cards, Rick & Morty, Adventure Time, Family Guy, American Dad, New Girl, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Girls, Game of Thrones

BOOKS:
Orson Welles, Stephen King, Ken Kesey,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'd rather meet up and tell you that in person ;-)

Teach, Learn, Share

Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experiences and good times!

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium